More months without employment, the Spain job has proved to be a poisoned chalice rather than the step up I thought it would be, the fact that we did not make it to the World Cup with Spain is a huge blot on my CV and a lot of potential employers are noticing it. The positive I take from it is that at least I got the opportunity to manage Spain.
Cameroon won the 2039 African Cup of Nations and Australia won the 2039 Asian Cup. We are still looking for jobs, some were offered to me but I refused to take them because of the wages on offer.
17 months of unemployment, we are getting closer to the gap that I spent being unemployed in between the Benfica B and the UAE job. In hindsight there was a reason I got the Spain job, it was an underperforming big team and I did not do quite as well as expected.
The longest period of time we have been unemployed. Nearly 19 months. The Spain job was a poisoned chalice, pretty much a career wrecker. I am struggling to find another job after a high profile failure, which is the failure to qualify for the World Cup with Spain. Oh, Itay Freda, I wish you did not exist. I would have beaten Israel in the World Cup qualifiers and we would have been talking about a reputation increase, instead it led to a humiliating sacking by Spain. In other news, Portugal won the 2039 Nations League.
It is that time of the year again. The 1st of July. So in 2039, the managerial rich list looks like this. It is Antonio Conte at Inter at the top of the list earning 300k pounds per week. Second on the list is Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool earning 160k pounds per week. And third on the list is Julian Nagelsmann at Atletico Madrid earning 160k pounds per week. Under Conte last season, Inter finished 4th in Serie A, they won the Italian Super Cup against Roma, got knocked out in the Champions League first knockout round against Arsenal and won the Italian Cup against Atalanta. Under Rodgers last season, Liverpool finished 2nd in the Premier League, lost the Community Shield against Manchester United, won the Carabao Cup against Leeds, won the FA Cup against Manchester United and got knocked out in the Champions League quarter final against Tottenham. Under Nagelsmann last season, Atletico Madrid won La Liga, lost the Spanish Super Cup final to Real Sociedad, lost to Real Sociedad in the Spanish Cup fifth round and lost in the Champions League semi final to Manchester United.
No one is willing to pay me what I earned previously as Spain manager, the question is have I tarnished my reputation? You know it is said, if you have to ask, you already know the answer.
It's October 2039, we are getting job offers. Let's hope a big team sacks their manager and we can get the job which pays me according to my wage demands.
2 years without being employed on my save. I am at the point where I am hoping a big country flops hard at the 2040 European Championship and I get parachuted in the job, even though it is a rebuild. I did not think it will come to this. Or maybe what I will do is, if the Spain job comes again and they offer me the job again on slightly lower wages I will take it. Or I hope that some club that offers me 58k pounds or more gives me a job offer and I accept it.
It is that time of the year again, July 1st 2040. The managerial rich list is out. On top of the list is Antonio Conte at Inter who is earning 300k pounds per week. Second on the list is Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool who is earning 160k pounds per week. Third on the list is Julian Nagelsmann at Atletico Madrid who is earning 160k pounds per week. Under Conte last season, Inter came 3rd in Serie A, got knocked out in the Italian Cup first round against SPAL, got knocked out in the Super Cup final against Juventus, and got knocked out in the Champions League first knockout round against Benfica. Under Rodgers last season, Liverpool won the Premier League, lost the Community Shield against Manchester United, lost in the Carabao Cup fourth round against Chelsea, lost in the FA Cup fifth round against Manchester United, and got knocked out in the Champions League quarter final against Atletico Madrid. Under Nagelsmann last season, Atletico Madrid finished 2nd in La Liga, lost the Super Cup final to Real Sociedad, got knocked out in the Spanish Cup fourth round against Valladolid, got knocked out in the Champions League semi final against Hertha Berlin.
England won Euro 2040 and Argentina won the 2040 Copa America. We are nearly going to go 3 years without a job, looks like I need to resurrect a family member from the dead and provide some magical inheritance. But I have enough earnings to survive so far. That Spain job was really a poisoned chalice.
Not getting jobs even now, it is frustrating that clubs don't want to pay me as much, I was Spain manager, even though it eventually did not quite work out. So I have some coaching ability for sure.
Father time has hit me on the mercenary save, and being out of management for 3 years has been quite a different experience. I have total career earnings of 9 million pounds. In these 3 years I got to spend quality time with my family and my partner is helping in bringing money off her job and I am basically a stay at home dad, there were so many managerial interviews on Zoom, some even from big clubs. But the Spain job has been a poisoned chalice and the failure there basically became a glaring weak point on my CV as I am struggling to get employed, I am not saying that we did not get offers, the most notable ones being a couple of clubs in the MLS and Boca Juniors in Argentina. And some good international jobs like Wales, but the wages on offer have not been matched. I have travelled around the world too, I have been to Johannesburg, New York, Los Angeles, Bali, Copenhagen, New Delhi, and many other places around the world for short trips that I could take. It was a nice experience doing all those things.
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